Sugambri

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The Sugambri were an ancient Germanic tribe that lived along the lower Rhine and were known for their conflicts with the Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Germanic tribe
adjacentTo Bructeri NERFINISHED
Eburones NERFINISHED
Tencteri NERFINISHED
Ubii NERFINISHED
Usipetes NERFINISHED
approximateEndOfDistinctIdentity 1st century AD
conflict Caesar’s Gallic Wars NERFINISHED
Drusus’ campaigns in Germania
Roman–Germanic wars NERFINISHED
Tiberius’ campaigns in Germania
culturalSphere Continental Germanic culture
describedBySource Julius Caesar NERFINISHED
Strabo NERFINISHED
Tacitus NERFINISHED
Velleius Paterculus NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Germanic peoples NERFINISHED
fate partly assimilated into Roman provincial population
partly merged into later Frankish groups
partly resettled on the left bank of the Rhine by Romans
geographicalFeature Rhine River NERFINISHED
interactedWith Julius Caesar NERFINISHED
Nero Claudius Drusus NERFINISHED
Roman legate Marcus Lollius NERFINISHED
Tiberius NERFINISHED
knownFor conflicts with the Roman Empire
conflicts with the Roman Republic
languageFamily Germanic languages NERFINISHED
locatedInThePast lower Rhine region
right bank of the Rhine
mentionedInWork Annales (Tacitus) NERFINISHED
Commentarii de Bello Gallico NERFINISHED
Germania (Tacitus) NERFINISHED
militaryActivity cavalry raids into Roman territory
notableEvent forced relocation into Roman territory
participation in the defeat of Marcus Lollius (clades Lolliana)
raids across the Rhine into Roman Gaul
partOf tribal groups east of the Rhine
politicalOrganization tribal society
possibleSuccessorGroup Franks NERFINISHED
Ripuarian Franks NERFINISHED
regionToday Netherlands NERFINISHED
North Rhine-Westphalia NERFINISHED
religion Germanic paganism
timePeriod Iron Age
Roman Republican period
early Roman Empire

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Ubii neighboringTribe Sugambri